TITLE 12 CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Section 14. Oil or Hazardous Material Spills or Releases, 12-14-1 through 12-14-4.

ARTICLE 7 ALABAMA-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA RIVER BASIN COMPACT

ARTICLE XI PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

12-14-3. Notification of Environmental Protection Division of spill or release; development of procedures to notify other governmental agencies.

1. Any person owning or having control over any oil or hazardous substance who has knowledge of any spill or release of such oil or who has knowledge of any spill or release of such hazardous substance in a quantity equal to or exceeding the reportable quantity or who has knowledge of a spill or release of an unknown quantity of oil or a hazardous substance shall immediately notify the division through the Department of Natural Resources Emergency Operations Center as soon as that person knows of the spill or release.
2. The division shall develop procedures to provide notice to other state, federal, or local governmental agencies.

(Code 1981, §12-14-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 354, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1371, § 3.)